A high-profile Hindu Godman in India with a huge following has been handed a life sentence for raping a teenage girl in 2013.The verdict against 77-year-old Asaram Bapu was read out on Wednesday inside the prison where he is being held in Jodhpur in Rajasthan state because of fears that his followers might resort to violence.
Security was tight around the prison complex and in states where Hindu Godman has a large following.

The girl in her complaint to police in 2013 accused Bapu of raping her when she visited his retreat in Jodhpur with her mother. She was 16 at the time. The girl’s family said they had been followers of Bapu for more than a decade.